Buckle



F. C. HOOD 7 Feb. 10, 1931.

BUCKLE Filed April -15. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [2711971 for? Ffledeiik: 6. good. y

Feb. 10, 1931. c HQOD 1,792,304-

BUCKLE Filed April 16, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Away Y 30 layer of thetwo layers of Patented F eb; 10, 1931 UNITED STATES "PATENT r nnnnnrc c. Hoonor nnoor'znrnn, missscnos'n' r rs,nssrenon, QBY MnsNnnss-ren- "MENTS, 'ro Hoonnunena ceiurnnfr, IORATION or- DELAWARE Application filed April 16,

, disposed front edge portions, one overlap;

ping the other, and this upper is preferably constructedof a pair of layers of. sheet material, and the buckle .isso constructed that the two parts thereof maybe positioned be tween the layers ofthe oppositely disposed edge portions of the upper, one of them comprisingaplate witha hook or hooks projecting therefrom, this-plate being positioned preferably between the twolayers of the overlapplng edge portion of the upper with the hooks thereon. PI'OJGCtlIlg inwardly through the inner layer of said overlapping portion, while the other part of the buckle consists of a plate "which is positionedbe-e tween the two layers of the other frontedge portion of the upper, or the underlying por tion thereof, and this part ofthe buckle has a raised portion with an orifice or orifices therein which projects through the'outer 7 which sai-dedge portion is composed; V I 7 It is preferred to have a-plurality of hooks on one. part of the buckle andga' single orilice on the other part of the buckle,- but-it is evident that :without departing' from the spirit of the invention, a pair 'of'hooks may be provided on one part of the buckle and a plurality of orifices onthe other part of the buckle, or a single hook may be provided on one part .of the buckle and an orificezor orifices on the other part of the buckle. By having'a pair of'ho'oks and a single orifice, or apair of hooks and a pair of orifi'ces, or a single hook and'a pair of orifices,the i buckle parts may beadjustedon'e relatively to the other so that'the overlapping front edge portion maybe adjusted relatively to the underlying front edge portion of the upper;v

It is understood, therefore, that inven- "INQ, or Win/unseen, DELAWARE, A con- BUC LE 1929. Serial No: 355,542. 1

tion isnot confinedto any number of hooks or any number of orifices but consists of the invention hereinafter described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the claims] Qther'; details "of ;oonstru'ction or modifications 1n' the diiierent parts COIIlPI'lS;

ing theventirebuckle are hereinaftenmore specifieallytpo nted outqin the specification,

such, for example, as the manner in which the parts-of the buckle are securely anchored in their respectiveportions of theupper.

The .embodimentof my invention illustrated in Figs. 7 to'12 inclusive is adapted for use" on footwear, and particularly on overshoes, in which the opposite edges'of the quarter are joined together byastrappro jecting over the vamp. The buckle illustrated in Figs; 7 to. 12 inclusive is, however, substantially the same as the buckle illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, except that in Figs; 1 to 6 inclusive the parts of the buckle are", attached directly to the upper,

, while in the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 7, to 12 inclusive, one portionof the buckle is attached'fto the, upper and the other is adjustably mounted upon the strap; 1 V 1 The buckle of this invention is an improve-V ment upon aibu'cklefor which :I have made application for Letters Patent, Serial, No. 340,585, filed February, 16,xl929,

Referringlto thedrawings': 1 V v ,Figure-l is a perspective viewof a portion of an overshoe illustrating one embodiment of my invention attachedthereto. I

F ig.. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken longitudinally through the upper and the buckle, when the getherf 1 v Fig. 3 is a pe-rlspectiveviewon an enlarged scale of. onep'art ofithebuckle as viewed from the rear side-thereof;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view on anenlarged scale'of' the" other part ofthebuckle viewed from thefront'side thereotf V j Fig-5 is a-perspective view .1011 an enlargedscale 10f a modified ,form of inyhinvention embodying thereina single, hook? V buckle parts are joined (0-,

j F ig; 6 isiaperspect-ive view, lonianyenlarged scale ofainodified form of invention embodying therein a pair of orifices for receivof an overshoe illustrating the buckle of my invention attached thereto.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7 and viewed in the direction of the arrows on said line.

scale of one part of the buckle, as viewed from the rear side thereof.

' large'd scale of a imodified form of my invention embodying therein an orifice for receiving'a hook. p p p Likejnumerals'refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

T he buckle of this invention as illustrated in Figs. -1, 2, 3 and 4' comprises two parts, one of the parts 8 particularly'illustrated in Fig. 3, embodies a'plate 9 with two hooks 10 and 11 thereon preferably integral therewith andprojecting fromthe rear face of the plate 9; Commercially, this part of the buckle is struck up from sheet metal. The hooks 10 and 11 each comprises a shank 12 and'a prong 13, the inner face 1 1 of each of said prongs being preferably formed on a concave curve inclined away from the rear face of the plate 9-and the endla'of each of said prongs beingrounded to assist in the insertion of the hooks'in the orifices of the other' part of the buckle, and also to assist in drawing the two parts of the buckle together-when they are in operativeposition or when the hooks are being inserted in the The plate 9' is provided with -aslot 16 at tween the inner layer 18 and the'outer layer 19 of the upper 20, said upper being constructed with a pair of oppositely disposed front edge portions 21 and 22,'the;;portion 21 overlapping theportion 22 when the front edge portions arebuckled together. The upper has a collar 23 thereon which, when the shoe isbeing worn, completely covers the buckle. In the drawings, Fig. 1', this collar is shown turned upwardly area for the sake of clear illustration. The other part '25 of the buckle, :particur larly illustrated in'Fig. 4, comprises a plate embodying two end flanges 26=and :27 1 with slots 28 therein and a raised .lcentral portion 29 which is joinedlto theflanges 26 and 217 by shoulders 30,31'and 132.1 Theiraiised' poi"- tion 29 is pr'ovi'ded withan i o1iifiee33, the orifice being V-shaped and having sides 34 and 35 converging toward the front end of the raised portion 29. This orifice is prolonged rearwardly at 36 between theshoulders 31 and 32. The part 25 of the buckle is fastened in position in the underlying front edge portion 22 of the upper by inserting thefianges "26 and 27 between the inner layer 18 and the Fig. 9isa perspective viewon an enlarged outer layer 19 of theunderlying front edge portion of the upper as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the part is fi-rmly held in-posi tion by .means of strips of adhesive tape 37 and 38 which project through the slots 28 and the two endsof the tape are pressed together between the layers 18 and 19 of the upper.

Theft-v0 parts of the buckle are joined together forus'e as particularly illustrated in Fig. 2, 'ithe hook '11 projecting through the orifice 33 with its front inclined-innerfac'e l4 bearing against the forward end of said orifice 33. Elf desired todraw thefoverlappingportion 21 of the upper tighter about the foot of thewearer,then thehook 11 is withdrawnlfrom the orifice 33 and the hook 10 inserted therein. It will be evident that instead of having two hooks' on'the hook portion ofthe plate 8 a single hook. 39 maybe formed upon asplate 40 as illustrated in Fig. 5 andi-ithisform of the hook portion of the bucklemay be used with-a plate such as 25 witlr'a single orifice, or-it may be used with aplate'41, Fig. 6, whieh isprovided with two hook-receiving orifices 42 and The plate 40 is. provided with a slot 4 1 to receive a stay tape and the. plate 41'is :pro'vided'with a :pair Of;.OIifiCS'4;5 to receivestay tapes.

.A still further variety of adjustment may be Yobt'ainefd by spacing the hooks 1'0 and 11 ofFig..e3:;farther apart'thanthe front ends of the orifices 4-2 and .43. By, this difference in spacingbetween the/hooks and the front ends ofzth'e orifices anadditional adjustment isniade possible. For example, in such a case one adjustment is made by inserting the hook 10in the orifice42; another.adjustment'by inserting the hook 10 inthe orifice lil, an-' otlrer'fadj'ustinent by inserting'the hook 11 'i-nathe o-rifice42, and aifourth adjustment by inserting thehook 11 inthe'orifice 43. No

two hooks will bottoin in two'of the orifices at the same time.

During the operation of-lattaching the. two

parts of the buckle toeach other, -th'e bevelledinclined-inner face 14 ofthe hook portion engages the inner face ofthe raised portion .o'f'the-buckleypart which has the orifice itherein E'and. thus the hook .portion of the .p-buckleand the orifice portion of the buckle are drawnclosely together as seen in "Fig. :2. Also, as the hooks are drawn up intothe-Vr'shapedorifice or orifices, the op-" positeed ges of said orifices will bear against the: shanks "of:theghooksand hol'd-;the two parts firmly engaged one with the other. 1

'"Fmthemnorfe, it'w-ill' be seennthat it is not necessarv in osiiionin the hooks within the orificelor orifices to be very exact about such site edges otthe orifices at the rear ends thereof so that it is very easy'to engage the two parts ofthe buckle,one with the other, and as this operation 15 performed while the user is leaning over, this is an essential and very desirable feature of the invention, especially as it is impossible for the user to see the orifice at this time due to the same being covered by the portion 21 of the upper.

The parts of the buckle of this invention are not only easily connected together but they are also easily disconnected from each other when the user pulls upon the overlapping portionQl or the shoe upper, due to the inner face 14: of the hook being inclined away from the plate 9.

The buckle of this invention, as illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10, comprises two parts. One of'the parts 108 particularly illustrated in Fig. 9, embodies a plate 109 with two hooks 110 and 111 preferably integral therewith and projecting'from the rear face of the plate 109. The hooks 110 and 111 each comprise a shank 112 and a prong 113, the inner face 114 of each of said prongs being inclined and the end 115 of each of said prongs being rounded to assist in the insertion of the hooksin the orifices of the other part of the buckle, and also to assist in drawing the two parts of the buckle together when they are in opera'tive position, or when the hooks are belustrated in Fig. l.

ing inserted in the orifices. is provided with slots 116 at its opposite ends through which a strap 117 projects-as il-' The strap 117 is tas-' tened at one end to the inner portion of a quarter 118 and the plate 109 is adjustable on the strap 117. v

The other part 119 of the buckle, particularly illustrated in Fig. 10, comprises a plate embodying two end flanges 120 and 120 and a. raised central portion 121 which is joined to the flanges 120 and 120 by shoulders 122,

123 and 12 1/ The raised portion 121 is pro vided with orifices 125 and 126, the orifices being V-shaped and having sides 127 and 128 respectively which converge toward the front end of the plate 119. The orifice 126 v is prolonged rearwardly at 129 between the shoulders 122 and 123. The part 119 is "tase 'tened to the quarter 118 by rivets 130 as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The two parts of the buckle are joined together for use as. particularly illustrated in the vamp 131 as illustrated'in F ig. 7, and in The plate 109' this particular illustrationv oi": the relative 7 position of the hooks and-orificegthe hook 110isillustrated as projecting into the orilice 125 with its front inclined inner face bearing against the lorward end of said orifice." At this time the hook 111 projects into the rear end 129 off the orifice- 126, but there.

is a space between the front racenlor the I 0 11.001? 111 h f m nd 013 the orifice .1261

j The strap mayfnowwbe adjusted, i'tdesired,in either direction to tighten or loosen the same. ;For ezgample, ii is desired to tighten the strap 117, the hook 11,0.is with,- drawn from the orifice-125and1inserted in, the orifice126 with it's front fa'ce 114 hearing against the frontiend ot' saidj orifice 126,

orf'thestrapinay be loosened by witl'idrawing the hook 110 from theorifice 125and allowing the hook 111 to be.moved-1forwardly until it bottoms in the-fronteend ofthe orifice 126.

only three adjustments could'b'e made, but

making the distance'betweenthe hooks'and the distance between thev front" ends of" the rific s 'difierent," anadaieenn a ustment is made possible;"* Du ing the. operatlon of; attaching \t"he two parts of tl1e-"buckle tolieach'other, the

bevelled inclined inner face "1140f the hook engages the inner face ottheraised portion 1210i the part 119 audthu's the plate109 the raised portion 121 are d'rawnplo'sfely together as seen in Fig.8. Also asthe hooks are drawn upinto the V sli'aped orifices, the opposite edges of said orifices willj bear against thesha'nks' of thejliooks' and hold the two parts "firmly engaged one withfthe other. i

fi-Iri Fig. 7 the 'oVQrshoeisillustrated as hav inga collar132which, the illustration, is shown turned up at .133 for the purpose of closing the buckle and strap,;but when in use the strap 117 adjacenttheretol I In the form of my, inventionhereinbefore described, the parts"ofthe'buckle have a plu-.

ralityofhooks and apluralityotf orifices. It is evident, howeven that the part l09, with the {pair of hooks thereomlmay be used connectior 'lwith apart 119"ifFig.- 12, of a buckle constructed like illustrated V The may loosened by I between "the front ends of the'or ifices, then.

the portion 133 of the collar is turned down and coversthe bucklerand {the portion of l V 126, the

in' Fig. 10, exceptjt hat only a single orifice 126 "is embodied therein.

It is also evident that a part of a buckle 13 1, Fig. 11, maybe employed with a'single hook 110 thereon in conjunction with a part like the part 119, Fig. 10. r i

In both of these modified forms of the inyention, Figs. 11 and 12 inclusive, the adustment of the parts of the buckle relatively to each other is preserved, although not to such a great Variety and extent 'as'in the case Where a plurality ofhooks are provided on one part of thebuckle and a plurality of orifices on the other part of the buckle.

For example, assuming the part134c with its single hook 110 to be used in conjunction with the art 119 with its two orifices 125 and 00k 110 can be inserted in either one of these orifices, thus providing a means for tightening or loosening the strap 117. It is also evident thati-f the part 108 of 'the buckle is used in connection with the'part.

119', either one of the hooks 110 01- 111 may be inserted inthe orifice 126 and thus render it possible. to adjust the strap 117.

In all of the formsof jhooks'he reinbefore described it willbe understood that the inner faces of the hooks are formed upona concave curve inclined away from the rear face of the plateto which they are fastened or upon which they are formed. This curve In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDERIO HOOD.

14 is formed ofsuch a radius and positioned y at such an inclination that when it is desired to disconnect the hook portion of thebuckle from the portion having the orifice therein,

an outward pull upon the, portion of the 7' upper or upon the straptowhich the hooked plate is connected will cause the hook portion of the buckle to ;be disconnected froin the other portion of the buckle, thus rendering theoperation of disconnecting one part of the buckle from thejotheryery easy,= while at the same time the twovparts o fthebuckle are so constructed that they will not becoine accidentally detached one fromthe other. f I claim; 7 7 I 1. A buckle in two parts, one 0i said parts embodyinga plate formed with a pair of orifices therein, the other of said parts embodying a plate havinga pair of hooks pro- ,jecting from oneface thereof eachadapted to be bodily inserted in either of the orifices and to be engaged with an adjacent wall of either of said orifices, the distance between engaging portionsof said hooksbeing diffi'e'rflange andraised portion, a pair of orifices 7 formed in said plate, one of which isformed at th shoulder and extends into the raised portion, the 'o'ther'of said parts embodying a rent from thedistance between thehook-en- 

